By Dr. Nicole Sundene Please contact your local congress if you want to help support natural medicine research that is currently at risk, and while you are at it, please tell Presdent Obama that he should include preventative medicine providers such as Naturopaths, Chiropracters, Acupuncturists, and so forth in his new “Universal” health care plan. […]

By Dr. Nicole Sundene During these tough economic times, the last thing you should let go is your health. You may be thinking, “What?!?!?!? Why would a naturopathic doctor want to help me get free drugs?” As much as I love the idea of a drug free world, having worked as a triage nurse and […]

By Dr. Nicole Sundene Honestly, I’m not sure if the NY officials in charge of the “Obesity Tax” truly intend to call it thus, or if the media has just coined the phrase. However, there are many more causes than just soda when it comes to obesity. And there are many more ills upon society […]

Are you not sleeping well at night? Sleep is critical for optimal health as it is one of the four pillars of health. Long-term health depends on the regeneration that occurs during deep sleep. Growth hormone, or the “anti-aging” hormone, is secreted during sleep, which stimulates tissue regeneration, liver cleansing, muscle building, break down of […]

Call me old fashioned but I refuse to vote by absentee ballot. I just love Election Day, and to me there is something really special about driving to the same elementary school year after year and filling out my ballot alongside everyone else in my community. There is that certain spirit in the air. That […]

I smelled it in the air the other night. That first cold crisp taste of autumn after a hot summer day. That nervous tension quivering around me. That bustling sensation in the air that can only be caused by millions of children and parents simultaneously scrambling to gather last minute glue sticks, scissors, trapper keepers, […]

Wow! Olive oil prevents DNA damage, how exciting. Why should we care about this? Because DNA damage caused by inflammation is essentially the biochemical mother of all disease. In an article recently published in the August 2008 “Journal of American Nutrition”, researchers concluded that olive oil likely prevents cancer and aging by protecting DNA from […]

It was 45 years ago today that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his stirring “I Have a Dream” speech. You can watch the full video here. What I ultimately find so inspiring about this historic speech, is how one single speech continues to resonate with so many of us. “Let Freedom Ring” continues to […]

The only thing worse than giving “The Big Diagnosis”, is getting “The Big Diagnosis”. Let’s just stop for a moment and think about what it might feel like to be diagnosed with terminal cancer. How would you feel if you were told that “You have cancer and only six months left to live”? How would […]

By Dr. Nicole Sundene I came across this story about hot dogs at the Chicago Tribune and thought, “Oh dear! What is this world coming to? Hot dogs still? REALLY?” “A whole recipe contest for the ‘wonderous wienie’?” “Oh my!” Hot dogs are not a healthy friend of the kitchen table. A while back I […]